7 for 12!!!! Tammy into the Round of 16 Again ^_^

Tammy is very good at scaring me. I should be used to it by now, but I could feel my heart pounding in my chest last night as I watched her play against Marina Erakovic of New Zealand, who was actually born in Croatia. Erakovic has a very good serve, often acing Tammy with serves going at over 110 mph! Luckily for Tammy, Marina also served a lot of double faults, especially during important games in the final set.

This is Tammy's 12th senior Wimbledon (she was Junior Wimbledon Runner-up in 1995) and her 7th appearance in the Round of 16.

Thai fights back to beat Erakovic
Saturday, 28 June 2008 Written by Helen Gilbert

Tamarine Tanasugarn’s continued her winning streak on grass with a three-set victory over New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic in glorious sunshine, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

The 31-year-old, who has reached the fourth round of Wimbledon for the seventh time in her career, captured her first grass court title at s’-Hertogenbosch earlier this year and there seems to be no stopping her.

Admittedly, the win was by no means easy – both women pounded balls from the back of the court and hit the lines so much it was a wonder there was any chalk left by the end of the contest.

After trading breaks in the opening set, it was the Thai who raced to a 4-1 lead. But 20-year-old Erakovic upped her game a gear, serving well and clawing back the next five games to steal the set 6-4 in front of a full Court 11.

It was perhaps not surprising. Like Tanasugarn, Erakovic has had an impressive run on grass this year – winning her first singles title at Surbiton a few weeks ago and a WTA tour doubles trophy at s’-Hertogenbosch. In fact, she has won an astonishing 37 matches on the green stuff, and lost only five on the surface.

But her older opponent was undeterred, standing her ground at the back of the court and occasionally venturing into the net. The combination worked and she scraped the second 6-4 to level the match.

Powerful but precision hitting continued in the third but it was the experienced Tanasugarn who stole the match in a whisker over two hours thanks to a lower unforced error count – 14 compared with Erakovic’s 29.